Festival · 2008
Saturday 22 March
Holi 2008 is on Saturday 22 March 2008 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 12 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 21 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Sat 22 Mar | Holī | Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. |
Holi is the spring festival of colours. On the full-moon evening of Phālguna a bonfire, Holikā Dahana, is lit. The next morning people throw coloured powder and water at one another.
The bonfire recalls the story of Prahlāda, who came out of the fire unharmed while Holikā burned.
The bonfire is lit on the day the full-moon tithi holds in the late afternoon, and the colours are played the day after.
| DelhiIndia | Sat 22 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Sat 22 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Sat 22 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Sat 22 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Sat 22 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Sat 22 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Sat 22 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Sat 22 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Sat 22 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Sat 22 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Sat 22 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Sat 22 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Sat 22 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Sat 22 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Sat 22 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Fri 21 MarAnother day |
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